Welcome to Lightology
North America’s Premier Modern Lighting Showroom

Lightology Showroom

Located in Chicago’s design-centric River North district, Lightology is the Chicago lighting showroom, with three stories of awe-inspired lighting from around the world. The stunning, modern showroom is designed from the ground up to serve the specialty needs of architects, designers, contractors, trade professionals and homeowners alike. The 20,000 square foot glass-enclosed space flows around a central atrium featuring catwalks filled with interactive, high-end fixtures and fans in every style, from mid-century modern and Moroccan to tried-and-true traditional and everything inbetween.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

It's not about lighting an entire space, it's about creating the right effect.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Sales Consultants

Since opening its doors in 2001, Lightology has been home to the most talented and knowledgeable lighting experts, most with Lighting Specialist certifications from the American Lighting Association. From fitting individual lighting fixtures to designing large-scale projects for retail and commercial spaces, our lighting consultants help make the entire Lightology experience simple, satisfying and enjoyable. Confident navigators of limitless lighting possibilities, Lightology staff are here to guide homeowners, trade and commercial customers through their projects, from start to finish.

Education & Events

The “ology” in Lightology speaks to its role as an institution for lighting education, and it continues to be a place that architects, designers, and decorators can call home. Lightology regularly hosts CEUs, tours, workshops and events for designers, architects, technicians and design students from the School of Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago design community at large. Countless in-store displays highlight the history and science of lighting design, from Edison and Tesla to an actual piece of the disco floor from famed Saturday Night Fever. Every visitor has the unique opportunity to learn from leaders in the lighting world about fundamental lighting and design principles. Our famous rooftop space, with its sweeping view of the magnificent skyline, serves as the perfect summertime spot to unwind after a class or session.

Art Gallery

Step into Lightology and you're greeted by a traditional grandfather clock with a mysterious person inside, painstakingly drawing and erasing the minute hand in real time. The timekeeper is Maarten Baas, and the Grandfather Clock is one of his most iconic works of art. In fact, it's one of several contemporary pieces scattered throughout the showroom, highlight the sense of creative whimsy found throughout the space.

Lightology may be one of the largest lighting showrooms in the world, but it’s not only that. With a diverse and ever-expanding LightArt Collection, curated by our partners at Kasia Kay Gallery, Lightology functions as an art gallery and museum of contemporary lighting. Aside from the daily architects and designers, Lightology has begun to draw students from the famed School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Illinois Institute of Art, MCA members and industrial designers from UIC, Columbia and DePaul.

Showroom Atrium: Grandfather Clock by Dutch artist and designer Maarten Baas highlights our perception of time, with the artist having filmed himself changing the minute and hour hand in real-time for a full 12 hours.

Showroom Atrium: Swarm Study VI / Small Swarm by London & Berlin-based Random International explores collective behavior patterns, translating it into light that responds to the presence of those in its vicinity.

Showroom 2nd Level: The crown jewel of the Lightology Showroom, the Morpheus Room is an interactive experience, highlighting the future of LED technology, smart home controls and the CoeLux artificial skylight.

The Founder Gregory Kay

Lightology is the culmination of the three-decade career of founder Gregory Kay. A Detroit native, Kay had an interest in lighting from an early age, completing his training as a master electrician in the 1970s. Inspired by the art and culture of the time, Kay’s passion and creativity spawned from his days as a roller disco lighting specialist, igniting an entrepreneurial drive that has since lead to numerous award-winning lighting brands, cutting-edge designs and the crown jewel Lightology showroom in downtown Chicago.

In 1983, Kay opened Tech Lighting in Chicago's River North gallery district. It was the city's first all-contemporary lighting showroom, and was a hit from the start. In the architectural realm, he won the prestigious Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design in 1988; one of the first ever presented to a Chicago-based designer for his AT&T Information Services Showcase project. Since then, Tech Lighting had become a giant in the industry, supplying 800 showrooms nationwide. Although Kay has since sold the company to pursue other projects, Tech Lighting remains one of today's most respected brands.

Reviews

Lightology is a great company that has been around for a long, consistent time. I used their products for multiple projects for many years and really enjoy and pleased with the outcome of services and products. I highly recommend Lightology and encourage their innovative products.

// Workshop90, LLC

Lightology has the best selection of light fixtures in Chicago. I know whatever I am looking for, I'll find it there. Their staff is friendly and very knowlegeable.